Leadership Lessons & Insights
Every year, I get a complete physical from my doctor. It’s a thorough checkup from head to toe. I usually have the same initial thoughts about this invasive, needle-sticking, blood-sucking, finger-poking experience. First, I’m too busy for this. I just don’t have time. Second, this is not going to be fun! Third, I don’t want [...]
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We are so excited to be able to bring you something new this year during our IMACT NW Conference. If for some reason you aren’t able to join us in Olympia this year you can join with us online! This is so incredible so please join us from home !!! Tweet This Post
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All organizations tend to lose their focus and forget their original purposes over time. I call this almost imperceptible movement “inward drift.” The attitude becomes one of protecting the way we’ve always done it rather than looking back to the original purposes and reasons for existence. Numbers of stagecoach businesses failed, for example, because they thought their primary purpose was to make stagecoaches rather than to provide reasonable and rapid transportation.
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Reaching People for Jesus: Building teams, building community, building His church! It’s what we do; it’s what we said YES to when we heard His voice callings! Do you remember when it became clear in you? When you stepped over the line; made the decision? I’ll preach the gospel for you Jesus. Then we began [...]
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It’s the second week of June already! Graduations, summer vacations, fathers day (this Sunday) all just in front of us. You may have joined us in going through TD Jake’s latest book, “Let it Go” In the month of May. I would love to hear your thoughts on the following questions: 1. What was your [...]
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Alright so over the next couple of weeks we’re going to be starting a series of discussions on different aspects of leadership. We’ll be looking at what some of today’s great leaders have to say and then discussing how it applies to our lives. Perry Noble – Ten Signs You Are Near A Burnout/Meltdown – [...]
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The pear tree behind Grandma’s house in Jenny Lind, Ark., always produced fruit. Every summer the limbs of the aged tree were full of succulent pears that Grandma’s skillful hands would soon turn into delicious jam and jelly. No effort had to be exerted to retrieve the abundant pears; they were everywhere. There was no [...]
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I had the privilege today to visit one of our retired ministers who presently resides in an assisted care facility. He has served faithfully for many years as a Pastor in the Pacific Northwest. As we were catching up on life, a gentlemen many years younger than him (he will turn 83 in shortly) rolled [...]
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